Like those who sit outside Apple shops waiting for the latest flat shiny “Jabscreen”, respiratory physicians have long awaited the publication of the BTS Bronchiectasis Guideline. I would venture however that the online rumour mill was less frenetic, few will pose to be photographed unwrapping it from the cellophane, and as far as I am aware it will work if you hold it in your left hand. I’ll admit I haven’t read it yet, but I know from previous seminar sessions that it is likely to highlight the weight of evidence that is lacking as much as give sound guidelines. Now that is all a bit dry, and, you know – clinical. So here is an animation based on the medical illustrator Fritz Kahn which is much more entertaining….

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About DundeeChest 3.0
Born again, phoenix from the flames of DundeeChest and DundeeChest 2.0 comes DundeeChest 3.0. The idea was to provide the medical students of Dundee University Medical School with some support for their respiratory block. Now the students have DundeeChest 4.0 for all their undergraduate needs, and now DC 3.0 is a repository for all things post-graduate. The old undergraduate material is still hidden in here, if you want it.
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